Diverse Patient Education: A Case Study

Educating individuals about any topic comes with numerous challenges. The diverse patient population being taught creates a challenge in developing a tool that would suit them all. Time constraints in developing, implementing and evaluating the effects of the teaching tool on the individuals coupled with best practice changes makes this even harder. These individuals have differing knowledge about the subject matter and also have different learning styles so the material may only be applicable to some as not all three domains are explored. Moreover, securing funding for teaching supplies and equipment needed for screenings, such as glucometers which may be faulty and test strips, presents a challenge for continuing these screenings. Participant’s